Month: February 2016

From screenwriter Suzanne Stroh: “Writers! When you read 1,200 perfect words, retype them. “That’s what I wanted to do as soon as I finished “The Movie of Your Life” by B. Brandon Barker. “Is Barker in the same league as Steve Martin, or what? Clever, funny writing. “If you don’t retype, you should. I write […]

Mayra Calvani, author of “The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing,” has written a nice little piece about OPERATION EMU. “The dialogue is sharp and propels the story at a quick pace. The characters are offbeat and some of the ridiculous situations will make you laugh out loud. Author B. Brandon Barker has created a smart, funny […]

B. Brandon Barker

Brandon's fiction has appeared in Global City Review, Terraspatial, Verbicide, The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror and McSweeney's. His novel OPERATON EMU was the subject of a feature story in the Baltimore Sun.

Operation EMU: A Novel

"Sharp, fierce, and funny, Operation EMU is a wicked satire about the space program, low-budget filmmaking, and why Americans love to be told what to believe. Brandon Barker's first novel doesn't stop surprising or delighting. Imagine NASA run by pro wrestling's Vince McMahon - or better yet, start reading this book." -- Douglas E. Winter, author of Run (Knopf)

"Suppose, in fact, something terribly weird did happen did happen to a film crew and a pair of twins and a lot of wayward indians in the blistering outback of Nevada. What better more clever way to cover up that truth than to have some guy write a preposterous novel about it ? Brandon Barker, goose-chase fiction specialist?" -- Tom Dunkel, Baltimore Sun

Superman’s Diary: Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror

"The highlights in this volume include Stephen King's 'The Man in the Black Suit,' a Faulkner-influenced meet the devil tale that benefits from King's ability to write colloquially; Neil Gaiman's 'Snow, Glass, Apples' which is like Gregory Maquire's Wicked in its ability to reframe a couple of well-known fairy tales so that the reader discovers that history is written by the winners; William Browning Spencer's 'The Ocean and All Its Devices,' wherein the Cthulhu mythos is reinvigorated; David Garnett's 'A Friend Indeed,' one of the best twist-in-the-tail stories that I've read in a while; and 'Superman's Diary' by B. Brandon Barker, where Clark Kent finally wins the day." -- Glen Engel Cox, Amazon reviewer